The fleet is the second largest cost for companies, mainly due to the high cost of fuel. In 2021 alone, the increase was more than 70% in gasoline and more than 60% in diesel, according to Agência Brasil.
The problem is that this fleet expense is very difficult to predict or control, because it depends on external factors that go beyond the limits of its management, such as the high dollar, inflation and government economic policies.
But, after all, how do large fleet companies manage their fuel costs? What is within your reach and what can you do to get around this high figure?
The answer is through fleet management solutions. As Golfleet, you can dramatically reduce fuel costs through integrated fuel management. Today we will explain why.
Read on and see how Golfleet solutions can help you optimize fuel consumption and reduce expenses:
How can driver behavior result in fuel cost savings?
How does Golfleet's Fuel and Speed Management module help the manager to have more efficient indicators?
How does a fleet management system work and what can it do to reduce your company's fuel costs?
In a very simplified way, light fleet management solutions allow managers to collect and analyze data to better understand the performance of operations.
With the module Supply Management, the system integrates with the fuel card used by your company and this data is consolidated and presented on a single screen, in an integrated manner.
This data is presented in easy-to-read graphs and combined with other features to track and manage vehicles and drivers.
But, you must be wondering, how exactly does this influence fuel management and economy?
Well, the first point is that, no matter how much you dedicate yourself, depending on the manual tracking of the vehicle, it is very difficult to have control over some problems. And as your fleet grows, this task only gets more complex.
With Golfleet, this no longer needs to be a concern, since you can organize the information of each vehicle in the system, in order to follow the need for preventive maintenance and avoid excessive fuel consumption due to mechanical problems.
Also, often times the “hole” in fuel costs can be hard to find when you have a large fleet.
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With Golfleet, this scenario is totally different. You can always review individual vehicle fuel efficiency reports.
Thus, it is very easy to find which one is spending too much and carry out the necessary maintenance. You track the total amount spent month by month, as well as the average cost per km driven.
It is very simple to compare the average of vehicles and know when something gets out of your control. In addition, you can also consult the average price per liter, to find out if your operation is within or outside the market value.
Now imagine the following situation: your vehicles are en route and a last-minute assignment has come up in a far-off city location. What is the best way to optimize fuel use in this case?
Calling every driver is not a good idea. In addition to putting his life at risk, he can be fined for answering the phone in traffic.
With Golfleet, you can locate the nearest vehicle and directly contact the driver in question. This allows you to make informed decisions quickly to save fuel, save time on fleet coordination and increase service timeliness.
Very good, isn't it?
In summary, this means that a more efficient management of your vehicles can be responsible for a reduction in fuel consumption.
This tool takes the fleet manager out of the operational and raises the management level to the strategic one. This is because you can narrow down the problems to more easily find the divergences.
Ah, you can also manually launch supplies when necessary. With that, you don't miss anything. All supplies will be registered by the system.
Another feature of Golfleet that helps to optimize the fuel management and also to avoid fraud is the divergent location report.
With it, you can find out whether or not the vehicle was in the same place where the fuel card was used, with the option of viewing the points on the map through Google Street View.
Thus, it is possible to analyze whether it was a fraud or if there was some other situation that caused this divergence. For example, it may happen that the vehicle runs out of fuel before arriving at the gas station.
And, in addition to all this, the driver's behavior is also a point of attention for any fleet manager, because some habits can interfere with the vehicle's fuel consumption. Golfleet helps you with that too. Understand why:
How can driver behavior result in fuel cost savings?
A good education on safe driving is a good way not only to avoid accidents, but also to reduce fuel consumption.
Without a fleet management system, you will not be able to detect dangerous and fuel-wasting driving habits such as speeding, braking, hard acceleration, and so on.
With the module Speed per lane, by Golfleet, this problem is reduced, since the tool automatically identifies the speed allowed on the stretch of road and generates an infraction according to traffic laws.
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You can also track driving patterns. This is important not only for reducing fuel consumption, but also for preserving the driver's life.
As you have seen, Golfleet has two main modules — Supply Management e Speed per lane — that make all the difference in fuel economy.
Do you want to better understand how each of them works? Read on!
How does Golfleet's Fuel and Speed Management module help the manager to have more efficient indicators?
As you have seen, Golfleet specializes in intelligent solutions that professionalize the management of light fleets. With regard to fuel economy, we have two main modules that can directly impact this task. Look:
Fuel Management Module
The module Fuel Management is a Golfleet add-on. With it, you have supply control fully integrated into the system.
It is ideal for fleet managers who want to have information on:
- Precise cost in reais per kilometer driven;
- Average consumption per vehicle;
- Average price per liter and type of fuel;
- Possible fraud, suspicious supplies and vehicles below or above the normal consumption average;
- Transactions, pending issues and mileage audits.
With the module, in addition to monitoring fuel costs, you receive valuable information that allows you to optimize management.
Eg knowing the exact cost of reais per km driven, you can assess which fuel flags bring better savings.
In addition to all this, Golfleet, combined with the Fuel Management module, helps the light fleet manager with automation — supply management operations that used to be done manually in spreadsheets can happen automatically and with much more precision.
Integration with fuel cards is also a great ally. Those who manage light fleets and already work with fuel cards know that, unlike normal corporate credit cards, these can offer a series of even more attractive benefits.
Among them, lower credit card fees, they do not run the risk of cloning, they can offer a discount at certain gas stations and, of course, they save administrative time with the manual organization of paper receipts.
In addition to all this, you can even find out where the vehicle was at the exact moment the supply was registered, to see if the information is correct. I.e: much less chance of suspicious fills.
Speed Module per Road
Velocity by Route is yet another Golfleet add-on. He is a great differential in fleet management, mainly because he understands the true driving profile of each driver.
With data and detailed analysis, you can make your operation safer and even reduce fuel costs, corrective maintenance, claims and fines.
The determination of the ideal speed of each vehicle in the fleet is validated following the rule of the urban and road inspection bodies, generating accurate information whenever the driver exceeds the speed allowed on the road.
With this, you can collect data on unnecessary speed, hard braking and excessive engine idling, and you can use it to support drivers, educate them and provide training.
Velocity by Track provides information such as:
- Infraction charts;
- Infraction rankings;
- Real-time infraction alerts;
- Infraction report;
- Analysis of infractions by heat map;
- BI to manage all information by type of infraction, route, vehicle, group or driver.
That is, if you want an advanced analysis of the driving profile of your drivers, in order to obtain significant savings in fleet operating costs, Velocity by Road is the best option.
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